Coal Top Stories

Glencore fights back, sweetens deal for Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets

Fresh bid is far better than the $2.55bn it offered earlier this month and considerably more than the $2.45bn offered by Yancoal, the Chinese-backed miner that is Rio’s preferred buyer.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 23, 2017 | 7:58 am

World’s top coal producer to close 37 mines

Coal India, responsible for about 82% of the nation's total…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2017 | 9:44 am

Yancoal trumps Glencore bid for Rio Tinto’s coal mines

The acquisition would make of Yancoal Australia’s largest pure-play coal…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 20, 2017 | 10:03 am

Rio Tinto in search of next Oyu Tolgoi in Mongolia

Mongolia’s renewed efforts to attract foreign investment it’s bearing its…

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 20, 2017 | 9:25 am

How China, not Obama, waged the war on coal

Global coal production is down record amounts thanks largely to…

Forbes | June 18, 2017 | 3:11 pm

Xstrata to lavish $260,000 on every resident of tiny Australian town

Wandoan, with a population of less than 380 people, could get about $106 million from mining giant Xstrata if the Swiss company decides to go ahead with its $6 billion coal project bordering the local community.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2012 | 1:28 pm

Foreign investors are pulling money out of India’s state-controlled metals and mining firms

India's economy is growing at its slowest pace in nine years and investor confidence has also been eroded by the current government's frequent policy u-turns, corruption scandals and power blackouts.

Frik Els | August 8, 2012 | 11:02 pm

Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol Mine to finish production

Rio Tinto Coal Australia's Blair Athol Mine, near Clermont in Central Queensland, will finish mining operations this year after almost 30 years of production.

Rio Tinto | August 8, 2012 | 4:47 pm

Harry Reid takes aim at coal plants in his home state

Senate majority leader Harry Reid said it was time to close one of the coal power plants in his home state of Nevada, calling it a "dirty relic."

Michael Allan McCrae | August 8, 2012 | 4:26 am

Xstrata to create world’s biggest zinc mine

Xstrata has approved a $360 million expansion for its McArthur River mine in Australia’s Northern Territory which will make the project the largest producer of zinc in the world.

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 7, 2012 | 12:52 pm

Photos: Iran coal miners toiling for $15 a day

The miners work at a depth of 300 meters in two shifts of 6 hours per day and are hired on a contract basis for 400,000 tomans (about $200) per month

Frik Els | August 6, 2012 | 9:17 pm

Fatal clash over $80 a month mining wage strains Zambia China relations

A Chinese supervisor died on Saturday after being hit by a trolley pushed at him at the Collum mine in Zambia during a dispute over minimum wages.

Frik Els | August 6, 2012 | 6:00 pm

Rinehart’s well-timed exit from coal

Gina Rinehart, iron ore magnate and Asia's wealthiest woman, sold a controlling stake in her Galilee coal assets nearly a year ago to GVK Group, run by Indian billionaire GV Krishna Reddy.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 5, 2012 | 4:18 pm

Six Mexican miners dead after 100 tonnes of coal collapse

Six coal miner died after 100 tonnes of coal collapsed at a mine in northern Mexico, located in the State of Coahuila.

Michael Allan McCrae | August 4, 2012 | 10:09 pm

First

Last